• HC68: Urban Air

    Evelyn Rubenstein JCC 5601 S. Braeswood, Houston, TX, United States
    Children & Families

    Get ready for some high-flying fun at Urban Air Adventure Park. Enjoy trampolines, go-karts, climbing walls and more! Houston Connect 68 (HC68) is a fun, safe community program which offers an exciting mix of social opportunities designed for middle school students, open to the community, members and public. Monthly events will feature a wide variety […]

  • Film Fest: Matchmaking 2

    Evelyn Rubenstein JCC 5601 S. Braeswood, Houston, TX, United States
    Arts & Culture

    Comedy | 2024 | 110 min | Israel | Hebrew Directed by Erez Tadmor After breaking box office records with their first film, the characters from Matchmaking return in this endearing romantic comedy set against Ashkenazi and Sephardic cultural tensions. Full of joy, warmth and the ultimate romantic entanglements, this refreshing and feel-good romantic drama brings us back to the pressure […]

  • Film Fest: French Pastries Culinary Workshop

    Evelyn Rubenstein JCC 5601 S. Braeswood, Houston, TX, United States
    Arts & Culture

    Join us in the Cramer-Jacobs Family Culinary Studio at the J for a class connected to Once Upon My Mother. Join pastry chef Stefanie Bishop for a hands-on French pastry class where you’ll learn classic techniques for creating elegant, bakery-worthy treats. Master refined skills, work with beautiful ingredients and take home delicious pastries inspired by […]

  • Women’s Month: Female Friendships: The Community We Build and Why It Matters

    Evelyn Rubenstein JCC 5601 S. Braeswood, Houston, TX, United States
    Arts & Culture

    Presented by Dr. Carolyn Cowl-Witherspoon Female friendships are powerful, complex and deeply transformative. Join us for an engaging and insightful discussion exploring the psychology behind women's friendships, why they matter so profoundly and how to nurture meaningful, lasting connections. For ages 13+.

  • Free Your Shoulders Workshop

    Free Your Shoulders Workshop
    Evelyn Rubenstein JCC 5601 S. Braeswood, Houston, TX, United States
    Health & Wellness

    Reclaim space, strength and ease. This two-part workshop helps you release tension, improve mobility and build lasting shoulder strength. Learn why tightness and pain develop—and how small changes in posture and movement can prevent or heal common issues like rotator cuff or biceps tendon strain. You’ll refine everyday and athletic movements to protect your joints, […]

  • Film Fest: Family Film: A Rugrats Passover

    Evelyn Rubenstein JCC 5601 S. Braeswood, Houston, TX, United States
    Arts & Culture

    Animation | 24 minutes | English Join us for this screening of A Rugrats Passover, followed by activities for the family. Rugrats was one of the first animated series to focus on a Jewish holiday. In this groundbreaking episode, Grandpa Boris retells the story of the Exodus during a family Passover seder and the kids imagine themselves as part of Moses’s […]

  • Film Fest: Midas Man

    Evelyn Rubenstein JCC 5601 S. Braeswood, Houston, TX, United States
    Arts & Culture

    Drama | 2025 | 112 Min | UK | English Set against the vibrant backdrop of “Swinging Sixties” Britain, Midas Man chronicles the life of Brian Epstein, the Jewish manager who transformed The Beatles from a scrappy Liverpool club band into a global phenomenon. Featuring Jacob Fortune-Lloyd (The Queen’s Gambit), alongside Emily Watson, Eddie Marsan, Eddie Izzard […]

  • Film Fest: Neuilly-Poissy

    Evelyn Rubenstein JCC 5601 S. Braeswood, Houston, TX, United States
    Arts & Culture

    Comedy | 2024 | 97 min | France | French Directed by Grégory Boutboul Daniel has it all: a booming business, a comfortable family life and a gift for persuasion. But when financial misconduct sends him from a luxury Neuilly apartment to a cramped prison cell in Poissy, his world is turned upside down. Stripped of his status and privilege, Daniel must […]

  • Film Fest: UNraveling UNRWA

    Evelyn Rubenstein JCC 5601 S. Braeswood, Houston, TX, United States
    Arts & Culture

    Documentary | 2025 | 90 min | Israel, Germany | Hebrew, English, Arabic Winner of the Investigative Documentary Award at the Haifa International Film Festival, UNraveling UNRWA chronicles the organization’s 75-year evolution, from its post-1948 origins as a temporary relief organization for Palestine refugees to its complex and often contentious role in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Offering an unprecedented inside look, […]

  • Film Fest: Teen Night: Always Together

    Evelyn Rubenstein JCC 5601 S. Braeswood, Houston, TX, United States
    Arts & Culture

    Exclusive for teens, grades 8-12. Directed by Paz Schwartz Documentary | 77 minutes | Hebrew with English subtitles Displaced from their homes after October 7, a class of high school seniors evacuated from a Gaza border community faces an uncertain future. Refusing to be separated on the brink of graduation, the students band together to create a […]